Events
The theme of this year's Kentucky Library Association's annual joint conference is "National Diversity in Libraries". Several members from Ekstrom Library will be presenting. Updates will be posted at the Conference Blog. This event is open to the public, but registration is required. Steep discounts area available for students and retirees.
Join your UofL Law Class of 1983 for a reunion dinner at Proof on Main.
Dinner will be pay-as-you-go. Register online to express your interest.
Journalist and political commentator, Keith Boykin will speak to Professor Marcosson's class in the afternoon, prior to his keynote address about "Race, Gender, & Sexuality in the 2008 Presidential Race" at Ekstrom Library's Chao Auditorium that evening. The law school is a major sponsor of Mr. Boykin's to UofL, which will kick-off Pride Week (October 6-11). Professor Marcosson and law student, James Taylor, will moderate the evening program. The Kentucky Fairness Alliance will host a reception afterwards in the lobby outside the auditorium. The entire law school community is welcome to attend both events.
The Fall 2008 Boehl Distinguished Lecture in Land Use Policy will be held Monday, October 6, at 6:00 pm in Room 275 of the Law School, with a reception in the Cox Lounge immediately following the lecture.
The lecture and reception are free and open to the public (no RSVP). The Lecture will be given by Vicki Been, who is the Elihu Root Professor of Law, Professor of Public Policy, and Director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University.
The Women's Law Caucus is selling our "Which Way to the Bar" T-shirts during lunchtime in the lobby on Wednesday and Thursday (October 8th and 9th). They are $10 per shirt and proceeds will help support the cost of the Take Back the Night Rally that was held on campus to support the fight against gender-motivated violence. This year, the shirts are red.
A presentation to the faculty by Veli-Pekka Viljanen, who is visiting from the University of Turku in Finland. Mr. Viljanen's teaching specialities include: Theory of Constitutional Rights (from Finnish and European Perspective), Finnish Constitutional Law (especially Constitutional Reforms 1995 and 2000), and European Convention on Human Rights.
The Women's Law Caucus is selling our "Which Way to the Bar" T-shirts during lunchtime in the lobby on Wednesday and Thursday (October 8th and 9th). They are $10 per shirt and proceeds will help support the cost of the Take Back the Night Rally that was held on campus to support the fight against gender-motivated violence. This year, the shirts are red.
Come Meet Judge David Holton! This Thursday, October 9th, 7:30 - 9:30 at Wick's Pizza Pub in the Highlands. Free Pizza and Free "Refreshments."Judge Holton is eager to meet and speak with law students and young attorneys. Please join him for an evening of FREE "REFRESHMENTS" and FREE GRUB at Wick's Pizza Pub. Meet him and hear why he is running to retain his seat in Jefferson District Court.
You are cordially invited to the Law
Alumni Awards Banquet on October 15, 2008. Reservations will be accepted online at the Alumni Calendar. Contact Simone Beach by email or by calling her at (502) 852-6366 for more information.
Please RSVP by October 10.
THE CHRISTIAN LAW SOCIETY WILL BE HOSTING A MEETING IN ROOM 071 FROM 12:15 - 1:00 ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 14TH. ALL ARE WELCOME AS WE WILL DISCUSS FALL FUNDRAISER AND OTHER THINGS. SEE YOU THERE!!!
The International Law Society's meeting October 14th will discuss:*October 20th, Discussion about Criminal Law, Civil Rights, Freedom of Press and Speech within Tajik Legal System featuring four visiting Tajikistani lawyers *November's CLE on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and following reception with the LBA kicking off the new International and Immigration Law subsection *November 11th Chili Fundraiser*Writing submissions to the LBA's mailer
Janice Lachance, CEO of the Special Libraries Association, and former Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in the Clinton Administration, will speak on the topic "Navigators Needed: Information Now and Tomorrow" dealing with the future of the information profession in the Chao Auditorium at Ekstrom Library on Wednesday October 15. Social time will begin at 1:00 PM just outside the auditorium with CEO Lachance's presentation following at 1:30. This is a free event, and all are cordially invited to attend!
Stephen Halbrook is the author of the new book The Founders' Second Amendment and the annual Firearms Law Deskbook. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, he is lead counsel in suits against the Chicagoland gun bans, the District of Columbia semiautomatic handgun ban, and New Orleans'Katrina-era gun confiscations. He filed an amici curiae brief on behalf of 55 Senators and 250 Representatives in DC v. Heller, which cited his book Freedmen, the 14th Amendment, & the Right to Bear Arms. Halbrook argued and won three Supreme Court cases on firearm law issues, including Castillo v. US, Printz v. US, and US v. TC Arms. He received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Florida State University, taught at Howard University and George Mason University, and received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. His website is www.stephenhalbrook.com.
You are cordially invited to the Law
Alumni Awards Banquet on October 15, 2008. We are excited to spend this time
with you as we honor several individuals who have made significant
contributions to the legal community and to the work of the University of
Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law.
We will be honoring the following individuals for their tremendous
accomplishments:
- Lawrence Grauman Award – Senator Marlow W. Cook
- Distinguished Alumni/ae Award – Creighton Mershon, Marianna Gordon Dyson,
Ronald E. Christian, Cecelia A. Hagan, Victor W. Brizendine, III - Recent Alumnus/a Award – David Son
- Alumni/ae Award for Excellence in Teaching – Lars S. Smith
- Dean’s Service Award – Laura Rothstein
- Alumni Fellow – Judge Denise Clayton
The Banquet will be held at the Louisville
Marriott Downtown at 280 West Jefferson Street. The event will begin at 6:00
p.m. with a cocktail reception followed at 7:00 p.m. by dinner and
the program.
We look forward to sharing this special time with you. Reservations will be accepted online. Contact Simone Beach by email or by calling her at (502) 852-6366 for more information.
Please RSVP by October 10.
The annual Pirtle-Washer Oral Advocacy Competition will be held on Friday, October 17, in the Allen Courtroom. Semi-final rounds will be at 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM, and the final round will be at 1:00 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information about UofL's 2008 football season, click here.
To learn more about alumni events, please visit the Alumni Association Calendar.
White Water Raft with ELLUS The Environmental Law and Land Use Society invite you to take the ride of your life. Oct 18, 2008 ELLUS is sponsoring a White Water Rafting trip on the New River in West Virginia. This weekend also corresponds the largest extreme sport event in the world.Bridge Day Plus a percentage of the proceeds are being directly donated to ELLUS. So come and have some fun, get wet, and make a contribution.
YARMUTH!
October
20, 2008, 12-1, Rm. 275
Kentucky
Congressman John Yarmuth will be speaking with U of L students on Monday, October 20 at 12 pm at U of L’s Brandeis School of Law in
room 275. It’s free to
attend, so stop by and be informed for Election Day! Presented by the U of L Jewish Law
Student Association. Contact Aaron Uslan with any questions.
Don't pass up the opportunity to participate in this important
four-part program. The first program, "What You Need to Know about the
Practice of Law" will feature prominent judges and lawyers in the
community. This is a chance for you to start planning for your future
and to network with some of the best lawyers in the area.
"What You Need to Know about the Practice of Law" will feature the following speakers: Judge Tom Wine, Court of Appeals J. Michael Brown, Secretary Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Laurel Doheny, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, Louisville Edmund Karem, Mediation and Arbitration William Johnson, Johnson, True & Guarnieri, Frankfort Kenyon Meyer, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville
Pizza provided!
"What You Need to Know About Being a Professional in the Practice of Law" Each year, members of the Louis Brandeis Inn of Court partner with the law school to present four programs on professionalism and the practice of law. Each program has a distinguished panel, and a dozen or so members of the Inn join in the audience. This is a great chance for students to get practical advice on the practice of law and to meet some of the best lawyers and judges in the region. Inn members want to form mentoring relationships with our students and be available to them as they go out in the world. The speakers for this program are as follows:
- Judge Tom Wine, Court of Appeals
- J. Michael Brown, Secretary Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
- Laurel Doheny, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, Louisville
- Edmund Karem, Mediation and Arbitration
- William Johnson, Johnson, True & Guarnieri, Frankfort
- Kenyon Meyer, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville
Anne Northup, candidate for Congress, will be speaking at the University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law. Attendance is free and all are welcome. This event is sponsored by the Federalist Society in an effort to promote an informed student body through balanced representation on campus.
Laura Rothstein will present the webcast on "Millennials and the ADA: New Issues in Higher Education" on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 3:00 PM.The legal response to resolving issues applicable to students with disabilities in higher education has not changed substantially in recent years. The enrollment of "millennials" (students who have grown up with technology and the culture that affects their generation), however, has brought new challenges to universities. Students who want their companion ferrets to accompany them to exams and students who expect instant responses to their 3 AM emails or cell phone calls requesting unlimited time on exams present interesting new challenges. Combining these behaviors with disability discrimination issues makes life even more interesting. Knowing the legal requirements is only the beginning of developing a proactive approach to serving this generation of students. The session will use a set of hypothetical scenarios to illustrate the current legal framework for examining these issues. The session will include a discussion of policies, practices, and procedures that might help to address current situations occurring on campus. To link to this webcast and download accompanying materials visit: http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html For instructions on how to access a webcast visit: http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/instructions.html Please visit this site ahead of time to test and ensure your computer is configured and updated to participate in the webcast.For technical assistance, please check out our FAQs or contact a webcast team member at by email or by calling 713.520.0232. This webcast is supported through the DBTAC - Southwest ADA Center, a project of ILRU. Southwest ADA Center is one of ten Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide training, technical assistance and materials dissemination on the ADA and other disability-related laws. NIDRR is part of the U.S. Department of Education.
LALSA Meeting on Oct. 23 in Room 171 from 12:15 to 12:55pm. Everyone is welcome!!!
In her newest book The Hemingses of Monticello,
historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings
family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family’s
dispersal after President Jefferson’s death in 1826. It brings to life
not only the story of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, but their
children and Hemings’s siblings.This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.
The Moot Court Board is offering first year students the opportunity to become involved in a new trial skills program. Called the Litigation Skills Competition, this program will allow selected students to begin developing the unique skills necessary for successful and persuasive trial practice. First year students will work with the school’s ACTA National Trial Competition competitors and coaches through this program. This is a new idea at the law school, and a rare opportunity for first year students to participate in an extracurricular activity, so students should attend this informational meeting right after class on Friday.
BAR/BRI will hold its MPRE Review course on Saturday, October 25, from 9:00 AM to approximately 1:30 PM. Registration will begin at 8:15 AM outside room 275. If you have already enrolled in BAR/BRI for the bar review, the MPRE review is included in the tuition. If not, you may enroll before the review class begins. If you have questions, please see a BAR/BRI representative, go to www.barbri.com, or call (888) 322-7274.
CHIEF JUSTICE VISIT POSTPONED
"The visit by Chief Justice Roberts needs to be rescheduled, and we look forward to setting a date for a future visit.
No further details are available at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience."
~McConnell Center Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. will speak at
the University of Louisville as part of the McConnell Center's fall
lecture series.
Roberts will deliver opening remarks before taking part in “A
Conversation with the Chief,” a panel discussion with people who have
studied and written about the U.S. Supreme Court, said McConnell Center
Director Gary Gregg.Panelists will include: the Law School's Dean Jim Chen, Tom Mackey from the History Department and Barbara Perry, a McConnell Center Senior Fellow and Supreme Court watcher from Sweet Briar College.
Roberts, the nation’s 17th chief justice, was appointed to the
Supreme Court in 2005, succeeding William H. Rehnquist. Before that, he
was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit for two years.
A Harvard University and Harvard Law School graduate, he also spent
14 years in private law practice and held positions in Republican
administrations in the U.S. Department of Justice and Office of the
White House Counsel.Admission is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and are available on a first-come, first-served
basis. Law students, staff, and faculty are highly encouraged to attend.
USC's Gould School of Law Associate Dean & Professor, Elyn Saks, author of The Center Cannot Hold, My Journey Through Madness will speak at an upcoming event of the Diversity Forum Series. Come here her story about a life of tremendous achievement obtained while suffering from severe schizophrenia with a poor prognosis.
Exam time is fast-approaching! If you're a first-year student, or even
an upper-division student who would like to perform better on your
exams this semster, mark you calendar for one of these workshop times
where Christie Floyd will present tips on Preparing For and Taking Law School
Exams.
Panel discussion by UofL political
sciences professors Anne Caldwell and Jasmine Farrier and law professor Sam Marcossen. This is part of the Sex, Gender and Social Change
lecture series.
The ACLU of Kentucky in partnership with the national ACLU Women's Rights Project is hosting a community forum to discuss sex segregated classrooms. The panelists will include local and national advocates including some of the attorneys working on the case and one of the plaintiffs and their parents.
Put on your favorite costume, take a night off from studying and come celebrate Halloween with the Law School!SBA class representatives currently have tickets for purchase, and ticket sale tables will be set up in the lobby closer to the event. Tickets are $20 per person or $35 per couple.IMPORTANT:Tickets will NOT be sold at the door, and you will NOT be allowed in without a ticket.You MUST purchase a ticket before the Ball.Tickets will be sold at the Law School the day of the event.
If you graduated from the UofL School of Law in 1978, please join your fellow classmates for a 30-year reunion!
Schedule of Events
- 10:00 AM: Meet in the Cox Lounge at the Law School
- 10:00 – 11:30 AM: Welcome by Dean Chen (coffee & juice served) and Tour of the Law School
- 11:30 – noon: Drive to historic Churchill Downs
- 12:00 – 5:30 PM: Enjoy horseracing on Millionaires’ Row 4. Luncheon buffet served from 12:00 until 2:30 PM. Races until approximately 6:00 PM
- 6:00 PM: Optional dinner at the Cardinal Hall of Fame Café (2745 Crittenden Drive, www.cardinalhalloffamecafe.com). Private room reserved for our class; Dinner and refreshments on your own.
A special Thank You to our 1978 reunion planning committee: Robert Brand, Ray McCall, Mark Mathis, Steve Downey, Judge Patti Walker FitzGerald Reservations will be accepted online. Please contact Valerie French in the Alumni Association by email or phone: 502-852-0089 if you have questions.
If you want to practice for the MPRE by taking an on-line exam under simulated test conditions, save this date. There is no cost, but you must register to attend by emailing me at christie.floyd@louisville.edu. The first 50 people to register will have dedicated slots; if there are more than 50 students interested, we will schedule an additional session. This session is not designed to substitute for an MPRE review course. Please stop by and see me if you have any questions.
Roger Pilon is the founder and director of Cato's Center forConstitutional Studies, which has become an important force in thenational debate over constitutional interpretation and judicialphilosophy. He is the publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review and isan adjunct professor of government at Georgetown University through TheFund for American Studies. Prior to joining Cato, Pilon held five seniorposts in the Reagan administration, including at State and Justice, andwas a National Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. In 1989 theBicentennial Commission presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Awardfor excellence in writing on the U.S. Constitution. In 2001 ColumbiaUniversity’s School of General Studies awarded him its Alumni Medal ofDistinction. Pilon lectures and debates at universities and law schoolsacross the country and testifies often before Congress. His writing hasappeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall StreetJournal, the Los Angeles Times, Legal Times, National Law Journal,Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Stanford Law & Policy Review,and elsewhere. He has appeared on ABC's Nightline, CBS's 60 Minutes II,Fox News Channel, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and other media. Pilon holds aB.A. from Columbia University, an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the Universityof Chicago, and a J.D. from the George Washington University School ofLaw.
